@inproceedings{009ae36495e2450bb73e1225816d118c,
title = "Shearsheet: Low-cost shear force input with elastic feedback for augmenting touch interaction",
abstract = "We propose ShearSheet, a low-cost, feasible, and simple DIY method that enables tangential (shear) force input on a touchscreen using a rubber-mounted slim transparent sheet. The sheet has tiny conductive material(s) attached to specific positions on the underside so that displacement of the sheet is recognized as touch input(s). This allows the system to distinguish between normal touch input and shear force input depending on whether the sheet moves or not, without requiring any external sensors or power. We first introduce ShearSheet's simple implementation for a smartphone and then discuss several promising interaction techniques that augment shear interaction with one- and two-finger operations. We demonstrate the effectiveness of ShearSheet's smooth transition between position- and rate-based control through a controlled user study using simple scrolling tasks. The results confirm that ShearSheet offers improved performance such as fewer operations and higher subjective preference, suggesting its substantial benefits and potential applications.",
keywords = "Elastic feedback, Shear/tangential force, Touch interaction, Touchscreen",
author = "Mengting Huang and Kazuyuki Fujita and Kazuki Takashima and Taichi Tsuchida and Hiroyuki Manabe and Yoshifumi Kitamura",
year = "2019",
month = "11",
day = "10",
doi = "10.1145/3343055.3359717",
language = "English",
series = "ISS 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "77--87",
booktitle = "ISS 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces",
note = "14th ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, ISS 2019 ; Conference date: 10-11-2019 Through 13-11-2019",
}